Millerana cundinamarquensis, Martinez, 2020

Martinez, Jose I., 2020, Revision of the South American genus Gaujonia Dognin (Noctuidae, Pantheinae) with descriptions of five new genera and twenty-one new species, ZooKeys 985, pp. 71-126 : 71

Millerana cundinamarquensis sp. nov. Figs 39 , 69 , 94

Type material.

Holotype ♂, Colombia: Colombia, Cundinamarca, Municipio Guasca, Alto El Paramo, 04°53'44"N, 73°45'46"W, 29-31.12.2017, 3250 m., Leg Viktor Sinjaev and Juan Machado / UF, FLMNH, MGCL 1049040. [DNA voucher MGCL-NOC-65224] deposited in MGCL. Additional examined specimens (1 ♂, MGCL): Colombia: same collecting data as holotype.

Etymology.

The name is derived from the place (Department of Cundinamarca in Colombia) where this species was found.

Diagnosis.

Compared with other species in Millerana , M. cundinamarquensis differs in the genitalia, in which the valva is petal-like, whereas the other two species have a rectangular valva.

Description.

Head. Palpi short, divided by black hair-like scales on upper side and yellow underneath; last segment coated with a mix of black, white, and yellow scales; frons with sulfur-yellow scales. Thorax. Covered by sulfur-yellow scales with some large black spots. Wing. Forewing length: male 16-18 mm; forewing sulfur-yellow with black scales defining transverse lines; antemedial, medial, and subterminal lines barely developed; basal, postmedial, and terminal lines defined by series of dots on veins; orbicular spot well-defined, oval; reniform spot blurry, with a small triangular lunate marking; CuA2 with a black V-shaped mark at base, with inferior line longer than superior line; hindwing with yellowish orange veins; fringe with pale-yellow hair-like scales; base of M2+M3 rounded. Legs. Yellow except prothoracic legs, which are black with pale yellow spots. Abdomen. Pale yellow with light-gray hair-like scales; four black tufts in the middle of A1-A4; a small pale-yellow tuft on A8 at terminus. Male genitalia. Cucullar area with rounded apex, apex extension claw-like; costa ovoid, covered with setae; saccular area wide; tegumen narrow and rounded; juxta with concave V-shaped depression on top; aedeagus 4 × longer than wide; opening to vesica % × total length of aedeagus; vesica long, 2 × wider than aedeagus, decreasing in width as it approaches to apex; a band of medium-size spines near basal area of vesica.

Immature stages.

Unknown.

Distribution.

Only two specimens are known from a cloud forest in Cundinamarca, Colombia (Fig. 94 ).

Biology.

Unknown.

Remarks.

Holotype well preserved (Fig. 39 ), but the other specimen, which was collected from the same location, was difficult to identify because it was practically destroyed. Thus, the identification was made by genital dissection.

Figures

Figure 94. Distribution of examined specimens of the genus Millerana.

Figures 26 - 42. Adult habitus of Gaujonia, Gaujoptera, and Millerana species 26 Gaujonia arbosi, ♂, MGCL, Napo, Ecuador 27 G. bichu, ♂, holotype, FSU, Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador 28 G. bichu, ♂, paratype, FSU, Loja, Ecuador 29 G. chiqyaq, ♂, paratype, MGCL, Marinio, Colombia 30 G. kanakusika, ♂, holotype, MGCL, Cundinamarca, Colombia 31 G. sourakovi, ♂, holotype, MGCL, Cusco, Peru 32 G. arbosi, ♀, MGCL, Napo, Ecuador 33 G. chiqyaq, ♀, holotype, MGCL, Marinio, Colombia 34 G. kanakusika, ♀, paratype, MGCL, Cundinamarca, Colombia 35 Gaujoptera amsa, ♂, holotype, MGCL, Cotapata, Bolivia 36 G. amsa, ♂, paratype, MGCL, Junin, Peru 37 Millerana arbosioides, ♂, MGCL, Carchi, Ecuador 38 M. austini, ♂, holotype, CUIC, Cotopaxi, Ecuador 39 M. matthewsae, ♂, holotype, MGCL, Ancash, Peru 40 M. cundinamarquensis, ♂, holotype, MGCL, Cundinamarca, Colombia 41 M. tigrina, ♂, holotype, MGCL, Carchi, Ecuador 42 M. cajas, ♂, holotype, MGCL, Azuay, Ecuador.

Figures 69 - 73. Male genitalia of Millerana species 69 Millerana cundinamarquensis, holotype, MGCL, Cundinamarca, Colombia 70 M. tigrina, holotype, MGCL, Carchi, Ecuador 71 M. matthewsae, holotype, MGCL, Ancash, Peru 72 M. cajas, holotype, MGCL, Azuay, Ecuador 73 M. austini, holotype, CUIC, Cotopaxi, Ecuador.